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Ikebana traced its roots way backed to the sixth century. Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arranging. It evolved from the simple act of Buddhist offering flowers to altars. The Buddhist were said to be the pioneers of Ikebana. Throughout time, Ikebana became a popular pastime for nobles and other people belonging to the upper class in the Japanese society. There also emerged individuals who dedicated their lives in the practice of Ikebana.
Ikebana is more than the mere act of placing flowers in a container. It is considered as a disciplined art form where nature and humanity are meshed in one. It deviates from the idea that flower arrangement is a collection of monochromatic or multicolored arrangement of flowers. Instead, Ikebana stresses on the stems, leaves, and tend to give importance on shape, line and form. Despite being an art or a creative expression, Ikebana has certain rules to follow. The message or purpose that the artist is trying to convey is expressed through the flower arrangement's natural shapes, and graceful lines.
Just like other Japanese art form, Ikebana employs minimalism. Unlike other types of arrangement, which usually comes in a bunch of flowers, Ikebana may only consist of a few blooms placed among stalks and leaves. It is based on a scalene triangle where three points signify heaven, earth and man or may be sun, moon, and earth. The container is a crucial element of any Ikebana composition.
Here are some forms of Ikebana:
Kuge. The first form of Ikebana consisting of a very minimal number of stems of blooms and evergreen branches.
Rikka. Known as a Buddhist expression of beauty of nature. It is also known as standing flowers syle, consisting of seven branches each representing nature's creation such as valleys, waterfalls and hills.
Nageire. Classic style of Ikebana. Easily identified for its triangular three-branched asymmetrical form. This arrangement can be achieved by having a narrow-mouthed, tall container. The slanted style of Nageire is best for beginners in Ikebana.
Seika. A simple design achieved by arranging three main branches representing heaven, earth and man.
Jiyuka. With this design you can do anything you like, you are not restricted to any flower or material.
Moribana. Also known as upright style. This form is considered to be the simplest Ikebana structure.
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According to historical records, the early Neolithic burial was discovered in Beijing in 1966. A bunch of necklaces made of small shells was found on the neck of a teenage girl. A result concluded that the wearing of necklaces or other ornaments was being as the human behavior since a very distant era. Yet it was hard to say wearing a necklace was whether for aesthetic need or something other than that. The history of artistic decorative art has been confirmed by many materials.
The neckwear decorations have the significant meaning of the protection of life for Africans. They believed that neck is connected with head and body trunk, it is the key of life and must be wear a set of the ornament for protection by using its magical power. The Totem nation would prefer to choose part of the totem as the curse thing, such as animal teeth, horns, shells for a hanging collar. The Australian Native are also choose the kangaroo's hair and teeth to form a feature hanging on the chest. An behavior of seeking for a totem protection.
Ethnologists believe that wearing a necklace that the primitive peoples' behavior were not for beauty, but for counting and noting need, or more to do was a test counting of the numbers of animal hunted as the competition with their companion which is an utilitarian purpose. Gradually developed from the utilitarian to the aesthetic, and is gradually formed as a result of the passage of years. And then to the Neolithic Age, discovered from the excavated tombs, a lot of decorated in the particle size of these strings and the choice of materials has a lot of manual traces. Then a large number of cultural relics unearthed in the series also found jade ornaments decorated with the production process of arts after certain years. Some scholars believe that the process technology is the earliest human's creative decorations.
After entering into the class society, the poor and the aristocracy were even though wearing necklaces but were in very different materials. Jades mainly for nobility were mainly and shellfish, shells and other dress for the civilians. In addition, Buddhism was introduced to China from India follow with the Buddha necklace. Buddhist prayers use the beads as purpose to chanting the numbers of prayer were also introduced into China along with rapidly spread. A special kind of beads pendent were passed from the Qing Dynasty made of coral, crystal, jade, amber, turquoise, agate and other materials.
The influence of Western culture and customs that cause the style of necklace has changed a lot and pendant is the most important changing. The heart-shaped pendant is a common style and it can be use in varying materials to form as pearl pendant necklaces, diamond necklaces, or even the costume jewelry necklaces. Today, we can easily choose and purchase our preference necklaces by varying sorts of sources such as diamond jewelry wholesale, wholesale western jewelry or cheap wholesale jewelry.
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About BUDDHIST prayer beads.?
What is the difference between Tibetan prayer beads and Mala beads?
Are all buddhist prayer beads mala beads?
And I see on some of the necklaces at the bottom there is a bunch of strings hanging off the bottom of it (Kind of like a graduation tassel) & then there is some that have like a little strung together symbol...
Do they both have the same meaning?
And what do you wear them for, is it protection?
And is it ohkay to wear them if your not a buddhist?
I've always been fascinated by buddhism but I dont practice it or worship buddha; so would it be disrespectful to buddhists to wear them?
Or will harm come to me for wearing them?
wtf lmao i aint talking about anal beads VVV
I'd like to say, first, that I admire your conscientiousness and desire to treat religious objects with due respect. It shows respect for humanity and their various beliefs, an open-mindedness and a lack of rigidity.
Yes, Buddhists beads are malas and are even called "malas" by the Tibetan monks. Only Westerners who are not Buddhists call them "prayer beads".
The beads are just beads. They have no power or mystical qualities to them, and it does not matter what you do ... or don't do ... with them. Feel free to wear them as ornamentation. But understand that those who see you wearing them, who understand what malas are, will think you are a Buddhist too. It's like wearing a cross ... people will assume you are a Christian (except that the cross is an object of reverence while malas are not).
To a Buddhist, a mala is a tool for the Practice. They wear them to say their mantra. They don't say prayers. They say mantras ... which are concepts (words and accompanying visualizations) that are imprinted into our unconscious mind through repetition. If you change your unconscious, you end up changing yourself. And Buddhism is all about inner change.
Buddhists wear beads, and will often quietly "finger" them (silently saying the mantra) when they are sitting around and waiting for .... the doctor to see them, the flight personnel announcing it is time to board the airplane, while riding the bus, etc. This is the only reason for wearing them. The practice of Buddhism is something that is done 24/7, because that is the only way we can create change inner change. Malas are a portable and relatively inconspicuous "tool" that can be taken with us anywhere and used any time.
Buddhists do not worship Buddha. Buddha was a man who found a way to achieve enlightenment ... he is the teacher and the role model, but not a god. Buddhists do not worship god(s). It is true that Buddhists make offerings to statues of the Buddha ... but these offerings are understood to be an action of setting the imprint of generosity into our hearts and minds ... not an action of appealing to a higher power. Because in the teachings of Buddhism, it is clearly stated that the only way to enlightenment is through our own efforts and nothing outside of us can do it for us, the matter of whether or not there is God or gods is not relevant.
As for the tassel of the beads, what else do you do when you string beads onto a cord? You have to do something with the ends, so they were originally tied off and allowed to unwind over time (into a tassel). Some malas have different beads threaded on the string here and there. These are called "counter beads", as some particular rituals want you to say the mantra a certain number of times before moving on to the next "step" in the ritual.
My teacher (see below) has never said anything about the beads being a form of protection, or developing a "charge" over time with usage .. and that's in 11 years of weekly classes.
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